I am writing to request your readers to contact their Congressmen, Senators, and President Obama requesting their support for the recently introduced legislation “Respect for Rights of Conscience Ace” (HR 1179 and S1476). Under the existing Affordable Care Act and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations, certain institutions such as certain charities, schools, universities, and hospitals are forced to violate their consciences and pay for things they consider immoral such as abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilization.

Without respect for rights of conscience, all Americans suffer, deprived of the essential contribution in education, health care, feeding the hungry, civil rights, and social services that many Americans make every day.

Passage of the “Respect for Rights of Conscience Act” will ensure that the Affordable Care Act will allow Americans to purchase health coverage without being forced to abandon their deeply held mortal convictions.